Jackson Water Works & Sewer Board, AL
Lead reported as not detected
Latest 90th-percentile lead: reported as 0 (not detected) (monitoring period 2023-2025). The federal action level is 15 ppb today and drops to 10 ppb in Nov 2027; EPA's health goal is 0. The latest 90th-percentile result was reported as 0 (not detected at the lab's limit). That says the sampled homes were low, not that your home has no lead service line. Check your utility's service line inventory for your address.
Who runs the water here
Jackson Water Works & Sewer Board serves about 11,715 people through 3,905 service connections, which makes it a large system under EPA's size classes. It is owned by a local government (city, town, county or district) and draws surface water, in Clarke County, Alabama. EPA system ID: AL0000256; phone on file: 251-246-2900. Call that number and ask whether your address has a lead, galvanized or unknown service line.
Every lead result on file
That is down 2.1 ppb from 2.1 ppb in the period ending 2022. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Jackson Water Works & Sewer Board is 5 ppb across 4 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2022 | 2.1 ppb |
| 2019 | 1.2 ppb |
| 2016 | 5 ppb |
How Jackson Water Works & Sewer Board compares
Of the 542 Alabama systems with a lead result, the median latest reading is 0 ppb; 1 are over 15 ppb right now and 11 have gone over at some point. Jackson Water Works & Sewer Board's reported as 0 (not detected) sits at the 44th percentile in Alabama and the 37th nationally (higher means more lead). Systems reporting 0 tie at the bottom, so the rank mostly reflects size among them.
Other water systems in Clarke County
7 other systems share Clarke County; 5 of them have a higher latest lead result than Jackson Water Works & Sewer Board. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Thomasville Water Works & Sewer Board | 6,897 | 0 (not detected) |
| Grove Hill Water Works | 5,280 | 4.1 ppb |
| Old Line Water System | 5,145 | 0 (not detected) |
| Coffeeville Utiliies Board | 2,730 | 11 ppb |
| Mid-Central Water Authority | 2,325 | 1 ppb |
| North Clarke Water Authority | 984 | 2.1 ppb |
| Fulton, Utilities Board Of The Town Of | 534 | 5.7 ppb |
What to do in your house
Look up your address in Jackson Water Works & Sewer Board's service line inventory. If it says lead, galvanized or unknown, test your tap. If your own line is lead, replacing the private side runs about $1,200-$12,300 (EPA average about $4,700). Ask Jackson Water Works & Sewer Board whether it covers that cost before hiring anyone - many utilities now do.
These figures describe homes the utility sampled, not your tap. Only your service line record or a test of your own water answers the question for your house. Why sampled homes are the worst-case ones is in the guide to reading the number. Small systems behave differently: why small systems go over more often.